Month: July 2008

European Voice July 31, 2008 The US’ new ambassador to the EU has declared her intention to use the remaining months of the administration of President George W. Bush to push for “tangible results” to improve EU-US relations. more

Associated Press July 31, 2008 Gary McKinnon — accused of breaking into military and NASA computers in what he claims was a search for UFOs, allegedly causing nearly $1 million in damage — has lost his appeal against extradition to the United States. more

European Voice July 29, 2008 People planning to go on holiday to the US will be able to start using a new electronic system to get advance permission to travel from 1 August, prior to the scheme becoming compulsory in January. more

Washington Post July 29, 2008 Way back in 1991, when an otherwise forgettable foreign minister of Luxembourg infamously pronounced that sentence, it seemed to portend great things. “This is the hour of Europe”: That meant that in the post-Cold War world, Europeans, not Americans, would resolve the conflicts that were about to become the Bosnian […]